About Melissa
Melissa lives in Pitman, New Jersey, just over the river from Philadelphia.  She is a graduate of Rowan University in Glassboro, holding degrees in Special Education and Reading. For the past eight years, she has been a teacher in the Mantua Township Public Schools, where she currently teaches transitional-first grade. She lives in the house she bought almost four years ago, a little cottage in what was originally a Methodist Revival-meeting campground.

About John
John lives in Roselle Park, New Jersey, near the town in which he grew up. He graduated from Rutgers University in New Brunswick. John is currently an auditor in Cranford and lives in the house that belonged to his grandparents. He enjoys spending some of his free time fishing and crabbing at his house in a small town near the Jersey shore. One of his favorite places near there is the Pine Barrens.

About Them
John and Melissa attended the same church (without ever meeting) over 10 years ago. In the fall of 2002, their paths did actually cross, thanks to the fact that Melissa’s sister and brother-in-law go to the same church as John. They started dating in February 2003, wearing down the roads that connect South and North Jersey!

After the Wedding...
Once they got married, John relocated to South Jersey so they could make their newlywed nest in Melissa’s current home. It was so nice not to be ninety miles away from each other! Melissa started her ninth year in the same school district, and John was commuting every day to work in North Jersey. A few months later, John got a job in Hammonton, so he no longer had a 180-mile round trip daily commute.